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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID Vaccination-Day 55 being a Gazetted Holiday  in a Large Number of States, results in lower Vaccination numbers
More than 2.60 Cr COVID19 vaccine doses administered
The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 2.60 crore today.
A total of 2,60,73,517 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 7pm today.
These include72,16,759 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 40,48,754 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 71,16,849 FLWs , 6,70,813 FLWs , 10,21,588 beneficiaries aged 45 and above with specific co-morbidities and 59,98,754 beneficiaries more than 60 years old.
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HCWs
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FLWs
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45 to <60 years with Co-morbidities
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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1st Dose
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72,16,759
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40,48,754
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71,16,849
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6,70,813
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10,21,588
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59,98,754
In most of the States, people were celebrating Shivratri today. Other than being a gazetted holiday, many people were also observing a fast today, particularly women including ANMs, ASHA workers and women vaccinators.
The daily COVID Vaccination coverage is hence reported to be on the lower side today.
Total 3,89,337 vaccine doses were given till 7 pm today, the fifty fifth day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Out of which beneficiaries 3,20,247were vaccinated for 1st dose and 69,090 HCWs and FLWs received 2nd dose of vaccine as per the provisional report. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.
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Date: 10thMarch,2021
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HCWs
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FLWs
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45 to < 60 years with Co-morbidities
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Over 60 years
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Total Achievement
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1stDose
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2ndDose
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1stDose
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2nd Dose
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1stDose
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1stDose
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1stDose
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2ndDose
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19,649
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35,560
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62,190
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33,530
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54,530
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1,83,878
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3,20,247
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69,090
Ministry of Defence
Department of Defence Production institutionalizes 'Swachhta' in its field offices across the country through Special Campaign 2.0 on Cleanliness
Department of Defence Production has organised cleanliness drives in 294 sites across the country. The department has also disposed of 9 pending issues from Members of Parliament, 1 public grievance referred by PMO and 231 general public grievances during the period. Around 850 physical files have been reviewed, weeding out 322 of these files. A sum of Rs. 10,72,00,960 has been realised in revenue so far from the sale of scrap and 75,145 square feet space has been freed up.
Department of Defence Production has been conducting the Special Campaign 2.0 on Swachhta across its offices located in New Delhi and in all field offices and local units, since 2nd October 2022. It started with a preparatory phase from 14th to 30th September, 2022 during which targets were identified for the campaign period. This year, special emphasis is on field/ outstation offices. During this campaign, Offices responsible for public interface and service delivery are being given priority.
During the Special Campaign 2.0, out of a total of 358 outstation sites identified for the cleanliness drive, 294 such sites have already been covered. Such outstation sites include those under 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings, Factories Units etc. Department of Defence Production is also contributing in an online dashboard / portal, developed by Ministry of Defence for ensuring the efficient monitoring of Special Campaign 2.0.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
National Supercomputing Mission: a transformative approach in supercomputing
The 2020-21 is an important year for India’s National Supercomputing Mission . The mission was set up to provide the country with supercomputing infrastructure to meet the increasing computational demands of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups by creating the capability design, manufacturing, of supercomputers indigenously in India.
A first of its kind attempt to boost the country’s computing power, the National Super Computing Mission is steered jointly by the Ministry of Electronics and IT  and Department of Science and Technology  and implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing , Pune and the Indian Institute of Science , Bengaluru.
The target of the mission was set to establish a network of supercomputers ranging from a few Tera Flops  to Hundreds of Tera Flops  and three systems with greater than or equal to 3 Peta Flops  in academic and research institutions of National importance across the country by 2022. This network of Supercomputers envisaging a total of 15-20 PF was approved in 2015 and was later revised to a total of 45 PF , a jump of 6 times more compute power within the same cost and capable of solving large and complex computational problems.
With the revised plan in place, the first supercomputer assembled indigenously, called Param Shivay, was installed in IIT  and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Similar systems Param Shakti and Param Brahma were installed at IIT-Kharagpur and IISER, Pune. They are equipped with applications from domains like Weather and Climate, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Bioinformatics, and Material science.
Plans are afoot to install three more supercomputers by April 2020, one each at IIT-Kanpur, JN Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, and IIT-Hyderabad. This will ramp up the supercomputing facility to 6 PF.
11 new systems are likely to be set up in different IITs, NITs, National Labs, and IISERs across India by December this year, which will have many sub-systems manufactured and microprocessors designed in India which will bring in a cumulative capacity of 10.4 petaflops.
Spreading out the reach to the North-East region of the country, 8 systems with a total Compute Power of 16 PF are being commissioned. 5 indigenously designed systems with three 3 PF computing power will be installed at IIT-Mumbai, IIT-Chennai and Inter-University Accelerator Centre  at Delhi with NKN as its backbone. It also includes an indigenously build 20 PF system at C-DAC, Pune, and a 100 PF Artificial Intelligence supercomputing system. One midlevel 650 TFs system is also to be installed at C-DAC Bengaluru to provide consultancy to Start-ups, SSIs & MSMEs.
Geared to provide Supercomputing facility to about 60-70 institutions Nation-wide and more than thousands of active Researchers, Academicians, and so on, NSM has gathered momentum and is moving fast not only towards creating a computer infrastructure for the country but also to build capacity of the country to develop the next generation of supercomputer experts.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy on high alert for Cyclone FANI Relief Efforts
As the cyclone Storm ‘FANI’ intensifies into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over South East and adjoining South West Bay of Bengal and lie about 770 km East-South-East of Chennai at 1730 hrs on 29 Apr 19, the Eastern Naval Command has assumed high degree of readiness to render necessary humanitarian assistance. Indian Naval ships at Visakhapatnam and Chennai are standing-by to proceed to the most affected areas to undertake Humanitarian Aid Distress Relief , evacuation, logistic support including providing medical aid. These ships are embarked with additional divers, doctors, inflatable rubber boats and relief material that include food, tentage, clothes, medicines, blankets etc, in quantities sufficient. Naval aircraft are also standing by at the Naval Air Stations INS Rajali at Arakkonam, Tamilnadu and INS Dega at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to undertake reconnaissance, rescue, casualty evacuation and air drop of relief material to the stranded if required.
ENC is monitoring the developments in the Bay of Bengal closely and Flag Officer Tamilnadu & Puducherry Naval Area and Naval Officers-in-Charge  and  are in constant communication with respective State Administrations to augment rescue and relief operations as needed.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Operation Kaveri- 117 of 1,191 passengers that have arrived so far, currently quarantined, free of charge, as they were not vaccinated against Yellow Fever
All passengers will be released after 7 days if they remain asymptomatic
In a significant development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is working in close collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs under ‘Operation Kaveri’. The Government of India is evacuating about 3,000 passengers of Indian Origin from Sudan. Necessary quarantine facilities are being arranged at transit junctures in mission mode for incoming passengers. A total 1,191 passengers have arrived so far, of which 117 passengers are currently quarantined because they were not vaccinated against Yellow Fever. All passengers will be released after 7 days if they remain asymptomatic.
These passengers are provided rent-free accommodation with free food facility in quarantine centers managed by Airport Health Officers s, and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at various hospitals across states holding a Memorandum of Understanding  as well as central government hospitals in Delhi such as Safdarjung Hospital. Arrangements have also been made at RHTC, Najafgarh ; NITR, Mehrauli  and Lady Hardinge Medical College .
The first batch of passengers arrived in Delhi with 360 passengers, none of whom required quarantine followed by second flight which arrived in Mumbai with 240 passengers on 26 April of which 14 were quarantined. Two were released after validation of their vaccination certificates. The remaining 12 will complete their quarantine period till today evening . The third flight arrived in Bengaluru afternoon yesterday with 360 passengers of which 47 passengers were initially quarantined. 3 were released today after verification of vaccination. The verification of five more passengers is in process. The fourth flight containing passengers arrived in Delhi yesterday evening with 231 passengers of which 61 were quarantined . 35 passengers are at Delhi APHO and 26 passengers are at Safdarjung Hospital. The fifth flight is expected to arrive in Delhi tonight with 367 passengers and an additional flight with 320 passengers is expected to arrive tomorrow morning at 10:30 am in Bengaluru.
The numbers of those quarantined will be dynamic as it is dependent on verification status of passengers’ passport number.
'Operation Kaveri' is a rescue operation launched by Government of India to evacuate Indian citizens who are stranded in Sudan. It was launched on April 24, 2023 in response to the crisis in Sudan. A team of officials including the Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian Air Force, and the Indian embassy in Sudan has been appointed by the Indians to ensure the proper process of evacuation gets followed. During the evacuation, Indians will be transferred from Sudan to the capital city of Khartoum where they will be flown back to India.
PIB Headquarters
Mega Job Fair in Kalpetta
The National Career Service  under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India, will be conducting a Mega Job Fair on 05.03.2017 at WMO Arts & Science College, Kalpetta in co-ordination with Model Career Centre, National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology , Kozhikode, M/s. Society for Integrated Growth of the Nation , Kochi, and M/s. Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry , Kochi.
The Job fair will be involved with the participation of 50 or more Private employers to give about three thousand employment opportunities for the job seekers of all categories with qualification from Vth Std. to Post Graduation. Officials from the State Government and the Central Government will be attending the programme to explain their activities to the public.
There will not be any registration fee from the job seekers and employers.
Interested job seekers are requested to report at the venue with all their certificates of qualification and experience at 8.00 AM on 05.03.2017. Simultaneously, the job seekers are also requested to register their names as job seeker in the website www.ncs.gov.in.
For more details, please contact 0471 2332113/9495746866.
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
More than 25,000 LiFE-related events take place across the country mobilizing individuals to take pro-planet actions
Mission LiFE  was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 20 October 2022 at Kevadia, Gujarat. Mission LiFE focuses on bringing about behaviour changes in individuals for combatting climate change. The objective is a global movement for transitioning from a model of destructive and mindless consumption to deliberate and mindful utilization of resources.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the nodal ministry for national-level coordination and implementation of Mission LiFE. As part of their implementation efforts, the MoEFCC has mobilized Central Ministries, State Governments, Institutions, and private organizations to align their activities with LiFE and spread awareness about the sustainable actions that individuals can undertake. Activities such as street play competitions, painting competitions, essay writing competitions, etc. are being carried out with a focus on sustainability, at district, state, and national levels under the banner of LiFE.
In order to further catalyze pan-India advocacy and awareness about LiFE, the MoEFCC has initiated a month-long mass mobilisation drive, which will culminate on 5 June 2023 in a mega celebration of World Environment Day. With a view to amplify all efforts to promote the message of LiFE and make the drive a success, MoEFCC has included all 99 Ministries and 36 States/UTs, along with their divisions, subordinate organizations, and field offices, to undertake LiFE-related activities beginning 5 May 2023.
In less than 10 days, more than 25,000 LiFE-related events have taken place across India mobilizing individuals to take pro-planet actions. These include beach and riverbed cleanup drives, bicycle rallies, tree plantation drives, LiFE marathons, plastic collection drives, composting workshops, and undertake LiFE pledge. Many schools and colleges are also undertaking cultural competitions such as street plays, essays, painting, and youth parliaments.
The Ministry has developed two dedicated portals for LiFE, in order to create a structured reporting format that can track the progress being made on LiFE. The Mission LiFE Portal  is open access and can be used to download the 100+ creatives, videos, and knowledge materials that have been developed by the ministry for LiFE. The Meri LiFE Portal  has been developed for ministries and institutions to upload event reports and capture the progress of the mass mobilisation drive.
The mass mobilization campaign will culminate in a mega event on the occasion of World Environment Day 2023 on 5th of June. The theme for which is Solutions to Plastic Pollution, a topic which aligns with one of the 7 themes of Mission LiFE: “Reducing the use of single-use plastic items”.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
PATENTS RULES, 2021
The Patents Rules, 2003 were amended by the Patents  Rules, 2021 which came into force on 21st September 2021 vide Notification G.S.R. 646 of the even date. Vide the Patents  Rules, 2021, the term 'educational institution' was defined in sub-rule  of rule 2 of the Patents Rules, 2003 and the First Schedule of the Patents Rules, 2003 was also amended. Consequently, the said educational institutions will be eligible for benefit of reduced fee which is around 80% lower than the fee that is payable by other entities.
The scheme for facilitating Startups Intellectual Property Protection  was initiated, on pilot basis, in 2016. The SIPP Scheme was run for the benefit of Start-ups, by providing for facilitators  who would provide their professional services to the Startups but claim their fees from the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks . Based on the experience gained, the SIPP scheme was extended for a period of three years with effect from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2020 and further from 1st April 2020 till 31st March 2023. With effect from 1st April 2020, applications filed through Technology and Innovations Support Centres , established by collaboration between World Intellectual Property Organization  and Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade , can also avail the benefit of the SIPP Scheme.
Government of India has taken several initiatives to strengthen Intellectual Property Rights  ecosystem in the country, which includes modernization of Intellectual Property Rights offices, adopting e-service delivery system, real-time public dissemination of dynamic intellectual property  knowledge, manpower augmentation, setting up of feedback mechanism, amendments in specific IP legislation for simplification of procedures, such as reduction of forms, incentivizing e-filing and reducing compliance burden.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Som Parkash, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Issues Related to Hate Crimes/Lynching Law
Government has initiated comprehensive review of the existing Criminal Laws with the view to make them relevant to the contemporary law & order situation as well as to provide speedy justice to the vulnerable sections of the society. Government of India intends to create a legal structure which is citizen-centric and prioritises to secure life and to preserve human rights.
In judgment dated 17.07.2018 of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition  No. 754 of 2016 in the matter of Tehseen S. Poonawalla Vs. Union of India, the court has not directed this Ministry to ask the National Crime Records Bureau  to collect hate crime data.
‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and State Governments are responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime and for prosecuting the criminals through their law enforcement agencies. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories to States and UTs, from time to time, to maintain law and order and ensure that any person who takes law into his/her own hand is punished promptly as per law. An advisory dated 04.07.2018 was issued to the States and UTs to keep watch on circulation of fake news and rumours having potential of inciting violence, take all required measures to counter them effectively and to deal firmly with persons taking law into their own hands. Further, advisories dated 23.07.2018 and 25.09.2018 were issued to the State Governments/UT Administrations for taking measures to curb incidents of mob lynching in the country. The Government, through audio-visual media, has also generated public awareness to curb the menace of mob lynching. The Government has also sensitized the service providers to take steps to check the propagation of false news and rumours having potential to incite mob violence and lynching.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
NITI Aayog
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Singapore on Cooperation in the field of Planning
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex post-facto approval to the MoU between India and Singapore on cooperation in the field of urban planning and development. The MoU was signed on 31st May 2018.
The objective of the MOU is to facilitate government agencies in the Centre and States, including Municipal Bodies, to readily tap into the expertise of Singapore agencies in the areas of urban development and management and other areas, and thus help in urban rejuvenation, mission. This will also facilitate to build capacities in NITI and equip the officials with skills related to evidence based policy writing, evaluation etc. and help NITI to play the newly assigned role of a Think Tank in a more effective manner.
Under this MOU, capacity building programme in the field of planning, focusing on areas of urban planning, water and waste water management, solid waste management, Intelligent Transport System and public financing  would be undertaken.
Major Impact:
This MOU would lead to dissemination of knowledge of best practices, build capacities and provide hand holding support to various government agencies at the State and Central levels in the areas of urban planning, water and waste water management, solid waste management, Intelligent Transport System and public financing .
Beneficiaries:
The officials from Central Government, State Government and Urban Local Bodies would directly benefit by enhancing their knowledge base which would ultimately get manifested in the improvement in the urban civic amenities.
NITI Aayog
Cabinet approves MoU between NITI Aayog, and Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation  in the field of social, economic, industrial and regional development programs
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding  between National Institute for Transforming India  Aayog, and Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation  in the field of social, economic, industrial and regional development programs.
The objective of the MoU is to explore the potential of cooperation in the framework of preparation and implementation of strategies and programs of social, economic, industrial and regional development. It provides a framework and enabling environment to understand each other's strengths, market, technologies, policies, etc.
The MoU covers the following areas of cooperation:
- Conducting and execution of joint research projects related to issues of mutual interest;
- Exchange of information and research works related to issues of mutual interest between the two sides, including information on government strategies and development programs;
- Visits of relevant specialists of both sides for participation in joint events;
- Organization of seminars, conferences and other meetings on agreed agenda; and
- Other forms of cooperation as per mutual consent of the Sides.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Financial Assistance to MSMES
The National Small Industries Corporation Limited , a Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of MSME, facilitates Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  to meet their raw material requirement by making arrangements with bulk manufacturers for procuring the materials and supplying the same to MSMEs. NSIC also provides financial assistance to MSMEs under their Raw Material Assistance  Scheme against bank guarantee for payment to the suppliers. The details of the assistance provided to MSMEs by NSIC under Raw Material Assistance Scheme in last two years and current year are as under:
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Financial year
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No. of units supported
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Credit support provided 
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2019-20
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2842
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524495.62
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2020-21
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2699
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439843.75
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2021-22
(upto 26.11.2021
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2445
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308303.03
The details of assistance provided to MSMEs under Raw Material Assistance Scheme of NSIC in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh during last two years and current year  are as under:
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Financial Year
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Bihar
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Madhya Pradesh
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No. of Unit
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Credit support 
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No. of Unit
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Credit support 
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2019-20
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21
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2058.17
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82
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15351.49
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2020-21
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20
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2344.72
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67
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9791.60
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2021-22

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19
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1067.90
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72
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6099.27
The Ministry of MSME implements various schemes and programmes for promotion and development of MSME Sector. These schemes and programmes include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation programme , Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries , A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship , Interest Subvention Scheme for Incremental Credit to MSMEs, Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises , Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme , Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme . Further, till date, subsidy of Rs. 88.24 Cr has been provided to 849 SC-ST entrepreneurs under Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme.
This information was given by Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayan Rane in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.